this is how you do blood splatter, get some blood red paint on your brush and pull back the brissless and then let them go. this causes the paint to splatter at the model area. Note: the paint might go flying so be careful. this tip can also be used for mud and other splatter

-Nick-

A toothbrush is best for this as the short, hard bristels make it easier to apply a splattered look to a controled area. (Rather than splattering the whole model, and the bench, wall, ....)

Cheers
Henk

What also works is my favorite method - cut your finger with the fresh hobby blade while trying to carve some plastic. Next, as the shock of what you've just done sinks in, shake your hand while muttering your favorite curses. Voila! Instant, realistic blood spatters.

Mika

:-) :-)

But Mika

What do you do about the "scale effect" :-)

Brian

I think that the toothbrush method would be a little to much in scales smaller than 1/9. Instead paint the splatters and streaks with a fine brush. This give you more control of the splatters.

When it comes to blood a good rule is: Less is more.

Also avoid the bright red colour and go for a redbrown with highlights in normal red. Dried blood and blood on clothes are very dark brown. Hers as well a few highlights with normal red can indicate fresh blood.

Mix some clear varnish in the mix to make it a little transparent as blood is in real life.

This topic comes up from time to time so another tip is to do a search.

I switch the scale to 1:1... Next diorama: "Fingertip of Unknown Casualty at Stalingrad" so I can practice my snow effects ... or "Thumb of German During the Rasputitsa" so I can practice mud effects. The possibilities are endless, but I figure on only being able to successfully pull off ten of these. The last one, unless carefully planned, will become one of these "never finished" projects due to lack of opposable thumbs.

Mika

:-) :-) :-) :-)